Doug, This would be covered by employer occupational safety legislation which remains a Member State level competence (albeit with a minimum level of performance mandated by directives issued under article 153 of the TFEU).
In the UK, the relevant Regulations are the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989. It should be noted that these apply to operations on all electrical installations in the work place, not just those within the scope of the LVD. Live working is strongly discouraged although clearly it cannot be outlawed entirely. You can find good guidance on the Regulations on the HSE website www.hse.gov.uk. You can also expect all other member states to have similar requirements. More practically, it should be noted that the requirements for protection against direct and indirect contact with live parts contained within EN 60204-1 are not really consistent with the accepted practice for working on energised cabinets which is why in reality finger protection of live components within cabinets is commonly required even though this is not an explicit part of the standard. Regards Nick. > On 28 Sep 2015, at 16:20, Douglas Nix <[email protected]> wrote: > > I’d like to verify the regulations relating to live work on electrical > control panels in the EU. Is it permitted? If yes, what are the limits? A > reference to the applicable regulations would be helpful. I’m expecting it’s > covered in the PUWER regs, but would like confirmation from someone who knows. > > Doug Nix > [email protected] > - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]>
